11-year-old Lucy Li of Redwood Shores qualifies for U.S. Women's Open

Lucy Li, of Redwood Shores, in the qualifying tournament for the 2013 U.S. Women's Amateur at Sequoyah Country Club in Oakland, July 11, 2013.
(Kristopher Skinner, Bay Area News Group)

Lucy Li of Redwood Shores has become the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open by winning the sectional qualifier at Half Moon Bay. The 11-year-old Li shot rounds of 74 and 68 on the par-72 Old Course on Monday and will surpass Lexi Thompson as the youngest qualifying competitor in a U.S. Women's Open when she tees off June 19 at Pinehurst, in North Carolina.

Thompson, of Coral Springs, Fla., was 12 when she qualified for the 2007 Open. Beverly Klass played the 1967 Open when she was 10. There was no qualifying.

Li already has a big win on her résumé, capturing the girls 10-11 division at the inaugural Drive, Chip and Putt contest at Augusta that preceded the Masters this year.

Earthquakes

The Earthquakes say they will become the first professional sports team to accept bitcoin currency in the stadium when they host the Houston Dynamo on Sunday. San Jose has partnered with San Francisco-based Coinbase to allow fans to process digital payments at Buck Shaw Stadium for tickets, merchandise and concessions. Fans must already have a bitcoin wallet on a mobile device to make purchases Sunday.

College

The Stanford women's tennis team fell short in its bid to repeat as NCAA champion, losing 4-3 to North Carolina in the semifinals in Athens, Georgia. Taylor Davidson, Ellen Tsay and Caroline Doyle won singles matches for the Cardinal.

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Brett Hanewich pitched a complete game and Austin Slater hit a two-run single in Stanford's four-run third inning as the Cardinal baseball team (27-23) beat visiting Pacific (26-27) 5-2.

Fourth-seeded Santa Clara will play top-seed Pepperdine in the first game of the West Coast Conference baseball tournament Thursday at 3 p.m. at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton. Loyola Marymount and Gonzaga meet in the second game at 7 p.m. The double-elimination tournament will continue with three games Friday. Saturday's championship is at 7 p.m. and will air on ESPNU.

The San Jose State baseball team will face Air Force in a play-in game for the Mountain West Conference tournament Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Las Vegas.

San Jose Giants

Elliott Blair, Mark Minicozzi and Blake Miller homered to lead the San Jose Giants to a 12-8 win over the host Visalia Rawhide.

Table tennis

Lily Zhang of Palo Alto and Krishnateja Avvari of Fremont will represent the United States in table tennis at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in August in Nanjing, China. Both players train at the India Community Center in Milpitas.

Staff writer Elliott Almond and The Associated Press contributed to this report.